IRVINE, Calif. – July 31, 2006 – Illinois reported 5,880 properties entered some stage of the foreclosure process in June, an 8 percent decline from the 6,359 properties reported in May, but still 56 percent above the 3,765 properties reported for the same month last year, according to the RealtyTrac™ June 2006 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report.

RealtyTrac publishes the largest and most comprehensive national database of pre-foreclosure and foreclosure properties, with more than 600,000 properties from more than 2,500 counties across the country, and is the foreclosure data provider to MSN Real Estate, Yahoo! Real Estate, AOL Real Estate and Knight Ridder Online.

“In Illinois, like in many parts of the country right now, jobs are being created in many business sectors but the rate of job growth isn’t enough to counter the increased cost of living due to higher energy costs and interest rates,” said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. “Still, with the state’s economy continuing to show signs of improvement it is not surprising that the amount of new foreclosures has decreased slightly.”

For June, Illinois posted the fifth highest foreclosure total in the country behind Texas, California, Florida and Ohio. The state’s foreclosure rate of one new foreclosure filing for every 832 households ranks seventh highest in the nation — almost 1.6 times the national average.

CookCounty Accounts for Lion’s Share of State’s Foreclosure Activity

Reporting 3,335 properties in some stage of the foreclosure process, the largest share of the state’s foreclosures in June were found in CookCounty. Other counties reporting notable levels of foreclosures for the month included LakeCounty with 461 properties, WillCounty with 428 properties, KaneCounty with 366 properties and Du Page County with 283 properties in foreclosure.

KaneCounty Posts Highest Foreclosure Rate

KaneCounty posted the state’s highest foreclosure rate in June, with one new foreclosure filing for every 380 households — 2.2 times the state average and 3.5 times the national average. With one new foreclosure filing for every 410 households — twice the state average and 3.2 times the national average — WillCounty had the second highest foreclosure rate in the state. Completing the top five counties are WinnebagoCounty reporting one new foreclosure filing for every 459 households, MchenryCounty reporting one new foreclosure filing for every 489 households and LakeCounty reporting one new foreclosure filing for every 490 households.

State Total a Significant Contribution to Monthly National Total

Illinois‘ foreclosure total accounted for almost 7 percent of the 88,194 properties entering some stage of foreclosure nationwide in June. The national total represents a 5 percent decline from the May total of 92,746 foreclosures. The nation’s foreclosure rate declined to one new foreclosure filing for every 1,311 households during the month.

The RealtyTrac Monthly U.S. Foreclosure Market Report provides the total number of homes in some stage of foreclosure nationwide, by state and by county. RealtyTrac’s report includes properties in all three phases of foreclosure: Pre-foreclosures — Notice of Default (NOD) and Lis Pendens (LIS); Foreclosures — Notice of Trustee Sale and Notice of Foreclosure Sale (NTS and NFS); and Real Estate Owned, or REO properties (that have been foreclosed on and repurchased by a bank).

Illinois Foreclosure Market by County – June 2006

State Name

NOD

NTS

NFS

LIS

REO

Total

1 in every # households

/NationalAverage

/StateAverage

United States

21,866

38,382

2,966

9,598

15,382

88,194

1,311

—

—

Illinois

3,940

1,274

0

0

666

5,880

832

1.576

—

Adams

0

1

0

0

1

2

14,693

0.09

0.06

Bond

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Boone

2

0

0

0

2

4

3,854

0.34

0.22

Bureau

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Carroll

0

0

0

0

1

1

7,945

0.17

0.10

Cass

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Champaign

18

0

0

0

4

22

3,422

0.38

0.24

Christian

0

0

0

0

1

1

14,992

0.09

0.06

Clinton

1

0

0

0

4

5

2,761

0.47

0.30

Coles

5

0

0

0

1

6

3,795

0.35

0.22

Cook

2,274

818

0

0

243

3,335

629

2.09

1.32

Crawford

0

0

0

0

1

1

8,785

0.15

0.09

De Kalb

19

17

0

0

4

40

825

1.59

1.01

Dewitt

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Douglas

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Du Page

185

79

0

0

19

283

1,186

1.11

0.70

Effingham

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Ford

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Franklin

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Fulton

0

0

0

0

1

1

16,240

0.08

0.05

Greene

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Grundy

1

0

0

0

0

1

15,040

0.09

0.06

Hamilton

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Hancock

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Henry

1

0

0

0

0

1

21,270

0.06

0.04

Iroquois

0

1

0

0

1

2

6,681

0.20

0.12

Jackson

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Jefferson

0

0

0

0

1

1

16,990

0.08

0.05

Jersey

0

0

0

0

1

1

8,918

0.15

0.09

Jo Daviess

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Kane

251

70

0

0

45

366

380

3.45

2.19

Kankakee

9

1

0

0

8

18

2,256

0.58

0.37

Kendall

18

8

0

0

1

27

723

1.81

1.15

Knox

0

0

0

0

1

1

23,717

0.06

0.04

La Salle

5

2

0

0

4

11

4,222

0.31

0.20

Lake

311

100

0

0

50

461

490

2.68

1.70

Lawrence

0

0

0

0

1

1

7,014

0.19

0.12

Lee

1

0

0

0

1

2

7,155

0.18

0.12

Livingston

1

0

0

0

1

2

7,649

0.17

0.11

Macon

9

1

0

0

33

43

1,168

1.12

0.71

Macoupin

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Madison

22

3

0

0

16

41

2,657

0.49

0.31

Marion

0

1

0

0

0

1

18,022

0.07

0.05

Marshall

1

1

0

0

0

2

2,957

0.44

0.28

Mcdonough

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Mchenry

114

51

0

0

25

190

489

2.68

1.70

Mclean

28

3

0

0

7

38

1,578

0.83

0.53

Menard

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Mercer

0

1

0

0

0

1

7,109

0.18

0.12

Monroe

3

0

0

0

0

3

3,583

0.37

0.23

Morgan

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Ogle

0

1

0

0

0

1

20,420

0.06

0.04

Peoria

30

0

0

0

20

50

1,564

0.84

0.53

Piatt

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Putnam

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Randolph

4

0

0

0

2

6

2,221

0.59

0.37

Rock Island

2

2

0

0

1

5

12,898

0.10

0.06

Saint Clair

78

12

0

0

31

121

863

1.52

0.96

Sangamon

35

8

0

0

20

63

1,356

0.97

0.61

Stephenson

0

1

0

0

0

1

21,713

0.06

0.04

Tazewell

23

0

0

0

10

33

1,605

0.82

0.52

Union

0

0

0

0

1

1

7,894

0.17

0.11

Vermilion

0

0

0

0

2

2

18,175

0.07

0.05

Wabash

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

Washington

0

0

0

0

1

1

6,385

0.21

0.13

White

1

0

0

0

0

1

7,393

0.18

0.11

Whiteside

1

1

0

0

0

2

12,513

0.10

0.07

Will

295

89

0

0

44

428

410

3.20

2.03

Williamson

0

0

0

0

1

1

27,703

0.05

0.03

Winnebago

192

2

0

0

55

249

459

2.85

1.81

Woodford

0

0

0

0

0

0

—

0.00

0.00

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